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#2

re: Young Frankenstein, The Musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 3:29pm

Lightning rarely if ever strikes the same place twice.

I'd be careful, very careful every step of the way with this one.

Moss Hart said, "Nobody learns anything from a hit." Wise words indeed.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher
#3

re: re: Young Frankenstein, The Musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 3:37pm

I think I'd rather let the movie stand as a classic. Hard to imagine that it wouldn't follow The Producer's formula, and the hype alone would kill it.
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10
#5

re: Young Frankenstein, The Musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 3:58pm

The danger here is the fact that the score to this show will have to hold up as a real musical score whereas 'The Producers' had the subtextual advantage of being a musical about a bad musical and, at times, allowing the joke to seep into the real world of the characters. 'Young Frankenstein' won't have that advantage.
#7

re: re: re: Young Frankenstein, The Musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 4:05pm

ive heard a lot about it too. i think it will be great. ive seen some of the movie and it was hilarious. however, i think the Producers tops it all
#8

re: re: young frankenstein, the musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 4:30pm

i think kristen will make a perfect frau blücher...please provide your own thunder cue here, thx.
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#10

re: re: re: young frankenstein, the musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 5:04pm

actually it was horses rearing -- great effect! :)
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#11

re: re: re: re: young frankenstein, the musical

Posted: 11/4/03 at 5:08pm

bowing...i am not worthy, lc
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#12

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Posted: 11/4/03 at 7:10pm

I think someone should sit Mel down and have a serious talk with him. THE PRODUCERS was a fluke. Now that the original cast has left, audiences are seeing this show for what it's really worth--and that ain't much.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN just might work if a real Broadway composer (like Jerry Herman) was called in to do the score. The score to THE PRODUCERS may have delighted the public in the theater, but the OBC doesn't hold up to repeated listenings. It's musical meringue.

The smoke and mirrors are gone, Mr. Brooks. It's time to admit your weaknesses and allow others who have talents in certain areas contribute their talents to the project.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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Posted: 11/4/03 at 9:44pm

Namo& Roxy~ Don't make me get the hose!

BTW, why does Brooks need to make this a musical? Haven't we had enough misplaced music randomly plopped in a potentially good story line? Why not do a straight stage comedy of Young Frankie? Ah...it worked for Wilder,Kahn,Boyle & Feldman.

Yours for more comedy and drama these days! Give your vibrato a rest.
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Updated On: 11/4/03 at 09:44 PM

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